Dementia vs. Psychosis

Dementianoun

(pathology) A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.

Dementianoun

Madness or insanity.

Dementianoun

Insanity; madness; esp. that form which consists in weakness or total loss of thought and reason; mental imbecility; idiocy.

Dementianoun

mental deterioration of organic or functional origin

Dementia

Dementia manifests as a set of related symptoms, which usually surface when the brain is damaged by injury or disease. The symptoms involve progressive impairments to memory, thinking, and behavior, which negatively impact a person's ability to function and carry out everyday activities.

Psychosisnoun

(psychology) A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.

Psychosisnoun

Any vital action or activity.

Psychosisnoun

A disease of the mind; especially, a functional mental disorder, that is, one unattended with evident organic changes.

Psychosisnoun

any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted

Psychosisnoun

a severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality

Psychosis

Psychosis is an abnormal condition of the mind that results in difficulties determining what is real and what is not real. Symptoms may include delusions and hallucinations.